Never Turn Back

Intro

(Female)

Ooh, ooh, yeah, ah — (let's go)

Light on the dash, moon on my back, we don't look behind, no — (no)

Ooh, ooh, never turn back, never turn back — (never, never)

Verse

(Male)

I came up from concrete, sneakers scuffed, pockets hollow, ayy

Counting up the lessons, every loss a lesson, every win I follow, ayy

They said the lane was crowded, I made my lane wide, paint it solid black

No rearview mirrors, only targets, only bullets in these stacks, skrrt

I flip the script like switches, profit written in the margins, uh

Night sweat on a cold grind, signed checks in parked cars, huh

Got snakes in the grass, but I bought a mower, cut 'em low, cut 'em flat

Prayer hands in the studio, smoke signals, can't turn back, nah

Rims spin, calendar thin, days move like dominoes, watch 'em fall

My mama taught me patience, my city taught me how to brawl

Paper trails and cold calls, I learned to build from scraps, ayy

Every promise that they made? I stash 'em where the past at, snap

I move in silence, then I shout — let the courthouse hear the clap

Enemies turn into cautionary tales, see 'em in my rap

Diamond in the idea, polish on the hustle, light the track

Never compromise the vision, never compromise the craft, no cap

Checks bounce, hearts bounce, but my heart steady, steady stack

Pre-chorus

(Female)

You said you wouldn’t leave, but the night is changing faces (faces)

We got weight on our shoulders, but we move like vacant spaces (ooh)

Hold my hand, hold my breath, feel the skyline crack (yeah)

We keep walking, keep walking, never turn back (never)

Chorus

(Female)

Never turn back, never turn back, never turn back, never turn back (oh)

Never turn back, never turn back, never turn back, never turn back (yeah)

We cross the line, we cut the rope, we burn the map, we burn the map (burn it)

Nobody on our tail, we don't look back, never turn back, never turn back

Verse

(Male)

Ayy, late nights with the ledger, calculations in my head (yuh)

Built a throne from a cardboard box, now gold drips from the edge (ayy)

Told 'em I was chasing paper — I was chasing what it said

But money's just a mirror; it's the courage that I wed, uh

Friends switch like seasons, vendors sell you fake faith, skrrt

I keep one true compass — loyalty that won't break

Pulled the rug from under fear, made a blanket out of scars

My scars got trophies in the making, call 'em battle stars

I got a ledger full of blessings, inked in midnight calls

Invested in my sentences, every line built taller walls

They try to pin me to the past like posters on a door

I take those posters, turn 'em into paper planes, I let 'em soar

Watch 'em fly over doubts, over rooftops of regret

I never replay old mistakes, I just sample and reset, yeah

Pocket full of small wins, they stack like Tetris blocks

One move at a time, now the whole board knocks, ayy

Enemies whisper 'comeback', I whisper bac